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Hundreds feared dead in Philippines...
Among the worst hit areas were the eastern island of Leyte and the coastal city of Tacloban, which saw buildings flattened in a storm surge.
First reports said 100 bodies had been found there but the Red Cross later estimated a figure of more than 1,000, with 200 more deaths in Samar province.
Hundreds of thousands of people are reported displaced from their homes.
President Benigno Aquino said he feared there would be "substantially more casualties".
Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said: "All systems are down. There is no power, no water, nothing. People are desperate. They're looting."
Typhoon Haiyan - one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall - is now bearing down on Vietnam, where tens of thousands are being evacuated.
The BBC Weather Centre says the typhoon is expected to make landfall south of Hanoi on Monday afternoon local time (between 03:00 and 09:00 GMT), although it will have decreased markedly in strength.
(From BBC News).
Hayan, known as Yolanda in Philippines made landfall in the eastern province of Visayas with sustained winds of 315 kph (195 mph) and gusts as strong as 380 kph (235 mph), CNN reported.
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